Each Maymester (between spring and summer semesters), the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) at the Jackson School of Geosciences, offers a three-week field course that provides hands-on instruction in the collection and processing of marine geological and geophysical data, including a week conducting at-sea investigations of coastal processes in the Gulf of Mexico.… Continue Reading UT’s Marine Geology and Geophysics Field Course Needs Your Help
The UTIG Geophysics Blog
Stories and updates from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.
High Flying UT Energy Scientist Wins Coveted Rocha Award
Yi Fang, a postdoctoral fellow at UTIG, will receive a Rocha Medal Runner Up Certificate from the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) during their annual symposium in June, 2020. The Rocha Medal and Runner Up Certificate are considered to be among the highest honors for young scientists in the field of… Continue Reading High Flying UT Energy Scientist Wins Coveted Rocha Award
Remembering Art Maxwell
On August 21, 2019, the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and the world of ocean sciences lost a luminary leader and pioneering geophysicist. Arthur (Art) Maxwell served as director from 1982 to 1994. His colleagues remember an inspirational man of science who cared greatly about the Institute and its people. “You always felt like… Continue Reading Remembering Art Maxwell
A day in the lab: Microbial life and the origin of methane hydrates
Massive natural gas reserves, trapped within methane hydrate deposits in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, have the potential to power the US with natural gas for hundreds of years. The GOM² project is a multi-disciplinary, long-term, commitment by the University of Texas at Austin in partnership with academic and governmental colleagues to drill, sample and… Continue Reading A day in the lab: Microbial life and the origin of methane hydrates
Denis Felikson receives Early Career award for pioneering research on glacier thinning
Denis Felikson, a former UT graduate student, has received an early career award from the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) for research into glacier thinning that he conducted while working as a graduate research assistant at UTIG. Felikson graduated from the Department of Aerospace Engineering with a doctoral degree in 2018 and is now… Continue Reading Denis Felikson receives Early Career award for pioneering research on glacier thinning
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